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United States Patent | 5,719,344 |
Pawate | February 17, 1998 |
A Karaoke system scoring method and system (10) is provided based on detecting, for example, frame energy (19 or 19') of the Karaoke singer and the frame energy of the original artist (29 or 29'). The frame energy is quantized (41 and 43) and compared (45) and based on the comparison a score (37) is generated and displayed (15).
Inventors: | Pawate; Basavaraj (Ibaraki, JP) |
Assignee: | Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX) |
Appl. No.: | 424752 |
Filed: | April 18, 1995 |
Current U.S. Class: | 84/609; 84/477R; 434/307A |
Intern'l Class: | G09B 015/02; G10H 007/00 |
Field of Search: | 84/601,602,609-615,634-638,453,477 R,478 360/13,14.1,14.2,14.3 434/307 A |
5287789 | Feb., 1994 | Zimmerman | 84/477. |
5341253 | Aug., 1994 | Liao et al. | 360/13. |
5395123 | Mar., 1995 | Kondo | 84/615. |
5434949 | Jul., 1995 | Jeong | 84/477. |
5557056 | Sep., 1996 | Hong et al. | 84/610. |
5563358 | Oct., 1996 | Zimmerman | 84/477. |
5567162 | Oct., 1996 | Park | 434/307. |